[India]Trans-men break their silenceThe third pride march in Chennai heralds the beginning of a few ‘firsts’. We have long been hearing about the man-to-woman transgenders (trans-women). For the first time in Chennai, the woman-to-man transgenders (trans-men) opened up, as they shared the story of their lives.

[Australia]Transgender case goes to High CourtA case with implications for the rights and status of transgender people is before the Australian High Court.In 2007 and 2008 two transsexuals aged 34 and 28, wanting to change the gender recorded on their birth certificates from female to male, were heard by authorities in West Australia.The pair, referred to for privacy reasons as AH and AB, had double mastectomies and were undergoing testosterone treatment resulting in increased male characteristics.

[Canada/USA]Working While Transgender: An Occupational Hazard?As a group within the LGBT community, transgender women face unique barriers, and they're part of a group that's typically left out of the conversation. But only by discussing -- and exposing -- the stereotypes that transgender women face, can we educate and mitigate the barriers.

[CA, USA]S.B. 48 on its way to Calif. schoolsA committee of the California State Assembly has passed a bill that will require textbooks and teaching material to contain information about lesbian, "gay," bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals in history and social sciences.

[Brazil]Brazil Gay Pride Parade 'attracts 4 mln'Millions of people danced and marched down the main avenue of Brazil's most populous city Sunday in an event billed as the world's largest Gay Pride parade.